Biology Excursion!

Last Saturday we went to Royal National Park for our biology excursion. It was a Fun experience for me and I had the chance to study different animals by having a tour in the Symbio Wildlife Gardens. We had studied the differences between the plants in heathland and also rain forest. I think we can considered ourselves lucky since Saturday was a bit windy compared to Sunday and the standard B group had to do their excursion on Sunday. Besides, we also celebrated Shely's Birthday at the Wildlife Garden. Now let our journey begins: *Less talking & Let the photos do the talking*

On the Bus!

Seumas, Me & Khine!

At Heath land.

Some Seaside~

Seumas like his split.

I just love Seaside!

YahoO!!

Symbio Wildlife Gardens!

Sleeping Budgie!

Mr.Wombat~

Emu!

Piggy!

Kangaroo with its Fastfood :P

Chicken that wears slippers.

Mr. Koala

Dead Koala! o.O

*Just sleeping*

Shely's usual pose with her B'day cake!

Going into the Rain forest.

It looks so alike Sarawak Lambir Waterfall,

the place where I live XD

Australian Next Top Model Look!

XD

For more photos please click HERE.

By the way, I'm going to Canberra for 2 days 1 night because my mum want to attend the Flower Festival which are going to be held in Canberra. We are going to start our journey later today and I need to wake up at 7am. So off I go now. Take Care guys & gonna update when I'm back.

Nephew's "23rd" Birthday! XP

My mum just arrived this Sunday and my sis took her around the city these few days. I can't join them because both of my sis are having their Sem Break but not me T_T. My mum want to try the restaurant where my sister is working as part-time. So we went for dinner during Wednesday Night.

Mum with her Teh Halia!

*Too Sweet for her*

Mamak is always PACKED with people & we had to wait for a long Q!

Roti Pisang! This is really good! Smell good & taste good!

My Recommendation!

Roti Tisu!!

Me with my Teh Tarik!

Today me and some friends went back to Mamak to celebrate for my nephew's 19th Birthday, Yeah I'm his UNCLE *Gosh I feel SO OLD!* Actually he is older than me but he call me uncle, I think this happen in most chinese BIG family. Today I did something funny, when we put the candles up I thought we bought a packet of 20 candles, so we just left out 1 candle. Who knows when they counted the number of candles, it turned out that I had put 23 candles on it. Jj told me :"When I saw the cake, I'm very touched until I count the candles." XD

*Behind the Scene*

Veronica carrying out the cake. XD

23 candles! *Opps!* My bad :P

Birthday Boy!

Group Photo!

Why so Serious JJ? I think he's still angry with me

because of the candles. Haha XD Spot the little CLOWN in the pic.

Tiramisu~

JJ, Tiffany & Adrian

Seumas stop gossiping!! XD

Tomorrow my class are going to Royal National Park for Biology Excursion from 8am-5pm, my Precious Saturday is going to be wasted T_T. I still haven't study my excursion information yet, so off I go now. I will upload some photos after I'm back from the National Park! :)

FRIENDSHIP!

A post about Friendship! Sorry for those who can't read Chinese/ Malay. This post is going to be in Chinese, Malay & English *Multi Language XD*. What do you think about friendship? When I think about friendship & I will think about these few songs, these are the song lyrics. *I had put these songs into the playlist ->*.

青春纪念册 - 可米小子

去年夏天 数着贝壳和浪花的海边

我们祈祷着明年的今天 还能够保持这样无忧笑脸
你是夏天 有海风吹过棕榈的蓝天
让我忘记了眼泪有多咸
你一出现就是晴天
还想听你任性的说
要带我去环游世界 就算整个世界都改变
也不改变 为你勇敢的自己

给你我的心作纪念 这份爱 任何时刻你打开都新鲜
有我陪伴 多苦都变成甜 睁开眼就看见永远
给我你的心作纪念 我的梦 有你的祝福才能够完全
风浪再大 我也会勇往直前 我们的爱 镶在青春的纪念册

一年以后 我们踏上了各自的旅途
虽然经历过不同的故事 仍记得海边的约定
还想听你任性的说 要带我去环游世界
就算整个世界都改变
也不改变 为你勇敢的自己

给你我的心作纪念 这份爱 任何时刻你打开都新鲜
有我陪伴 多苦都变成甜 睁开眼就看见永远
给我你的心作纪念 我的梦 有你的祝福才能够完全
风浪再大 我也会勇往直前 我们的爱 镶在青春的纪念册

朋友首日封 - 光良

夕阳洒在我的笑容　感觉咖啡又苦又浓
握在手心　最后温暖只剩下几分钟
门外有自由在等你　胸口有空洞在等我
我们说好　（要）为彼此保重
挥一挥手　送你先走　我的潇洒微笑　像不像个小丑
少了情人　今后多个朋友　给你过头　多馀的温柔　我来收

为事争得满脸通红　话语有时说得太重
退让一步　也许会有你想要的天空
挥一挥手　不再牵手　多想说我羡慕　你怀中的玩偶
少了情人　今后多个朋友　明天开始　我写的情书　谁来收

门外有自由在等你　胸口有空洞在等我
但愿我说不痛　会让你走得更轻松
你越走越远的背后　放心有我这个朋友
像个港口　欢迎回来停留

Kini kita sudah pisah (如今我们已经分开了)
Mohon doa engkau bahagia (我祈求希望你会幸福)
但愿我说不痛　会让你走得更轻松

Kini kita sudah pisah (如今我们已经分开了)
Mohon doa engkau bahagia (我祈求希望你会幸福)
我像港口　欢迎回来　停留

少年 - 光良&曹格

你又想起某个夏天 热闹海岸线
记忆中的那个少年 骄傲的宣言

伸出双手就能拥抱全世界
相信所有的梦想一定会实现
一切看起来都不会太遥远
转跟之间过了几年

轻浮的语言部己慢慢沉淀
即使难免会变得更加洗炼
我们不曾妥协

那是我们都回不去的从前
幸好还可以坚持当时的信念

世界尝试改变 当初的那个少年

那是我们都回不去的从前
当你站在那个夏天的海岸线
我们还是心里面 那个偏执的少年

I found some che~es~y friendship quotes from the internet & some I think it's kinda true.

• True friends are like Diamonds, they are real and rare.

• A True friend never gets in your way unless you happen to going down.

• It's easier to forgive a enemy than to forgive a friend.

• A friend know the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memories fails.

• Friends may just come and go in your life but Good friends leave their footprints in your hearts.

• Friendship is all about 3 things: Winning, Losing & Sharing. Winning you friends heart, Losing your ego, and Sharing joys and sorrows.

• Friendship is like a priceless gift, that cannot be bought or sold. But it's value is far greater than a mountain of gold.

True friends will be in all ears when we are whining, sometimes they may give us the advice that we don't like to hear but we know that it's for our own good.

Here are some hilarious one:~ XD

• A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though they know you are slightly cracked.

• Good friends are like bras, they are always supportive, never leave you hanging, make you look good and are always close to your heart.

• Friendship is like peeing on yourself. Everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings. :D

For me, Friendship is like a rainbow. It brings all the different colours into our life. Although sometimes you may not see it but it will always be there for you. Personally, I don't believe in Friends Forever thingy because as we grew older, we will go through different stages of life and we will meet different people & I think friendship is hard to maintain & it wont lasts forever but I'm SURE that it's the precious memories that will accompany us for the rest of our life. I want to thank you for being my friend! It means a lot to me. *Yes! You know who you are : )*

I had just put up a ChatBox , share your thoughts & feelings. Tell me what do you think about Friendship. I would LOVE to hear you all soon! =D

Spring!

The cold winter just pass by so quickly and 3 months had gone so fast without me even noticing.

Today is the 1st day of Spring. Just left 2 months and I will be back in Malaysia, but before that I still need to sit for my Final Exams. Now I just try my best to score as high as possible, so I planned to stay back at Uni's library after everyday class.

Finally I have the chance to update my blog. Last week had been a Busy Week for me. Last Monday, we had our Biology Lab Session and we need to dissect Sheep's Brain & Kidney.

Cross section of Sheep's Kidney

Cross section of Sheep's Brain

I had my Seminar Presentation last Thursday and my topic is "Is Television Viewing Beneficial for Children?". This is my script:

The significant improvement of technology has a great impact in the field of Media and it can be clearly seen from the evolution of mass media. Even though mediums like the internet now provide instant access to information, there is still a minority who do not have access to such facilities, however it is easier for them to gain access to a television, ensuring that television remains the greatest potential propaganda machine in the world. I would like to ask everyone seated here, who hasn’t watch TV before? Everyone has, isn’t that right? Television can be considered as one of the most important inventions of last century. It has a global existence. In fact it can be considered as the prime factor that has given rise to globalization. However an issue has been logged & the debate is still ongoing which is “Is television viewing beneficial for children”. We are going to look into at both the advantages and the disadvantages of television viewing for children.

There are few ways that TV viewings can benefits children, first by watching television children can obtain the latest news and information what is happening all around the world. By knowing the latest information can ensure that children have a good general knowledge of the world. Besides, television viewing is a powerful tool for teaching and learning for children. This could be seen from a research which was conducted by the Computer Technology Research (CTR), they reported that people retain only 20% of what they seen and 30% of what they hear. But they remember 50% of what they see and hear, and as much as 80% of what they see, hear and do simultaneously. So children can learn and memorize more things by watching TV compare to reading books.

Furthermore, television viewing can broaden children’s knowledge and they can gain knowledge that can’t be learn from books. For example, some TV channels such as Discovery channel, National geography and Animal planets, can offer children a chance to explore places, see nearly extinct animals and much more on what they can’t see/do in a lifetime. In the book title “Children and Television: A Global Perspective” by Dafnah Lemish, Lemish believed that television has the potential in closing the educational gaps in between two different life classes & it could minimize negative cultural stereotypes. For example, In the Middle East, there are two version of Sesame Street: the Hebrew Rechov Sumsum and the Arabic Shara’a Simsim. These shows represented the “two-states solution of nations destined to live as neighbours and with two sets of characters speaking in two languages”. Moreover, TV provides an unlimited source of information and it is convenient as it is just in your lounge. Television viewing can expose children to different culture and help in the building of characteristics & skills such as analytical skills as they can discuss and share their opinions for certain issue with people.

Even though TV programs have a good side, often there will be negativity as well. Let us discuss about the disadvantages of TV viewing. Although TV viewing helps children in the building of characteristics, it may also give inappropriate influences and impact on the children’s point of view. Young children may assume that what is being broadcasted on the TV is always true, safe and acceptable. Although useful information can be gain from TV, some information may be incorrect and children often can’t differentiate from right or wrong. TV violence has been a prevalence issue which has been raised all over the world. According to Mary L. Gavin which is a medical editor from Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Gavin stated that an average American child will witness 200,000 violence acts on TV by the age of 18. TV violence is also being blame for the increasing of the crime rate as studies found out that children imitated televised violence behavior broadcast on TV and they give bring what is called as copycat crime from TV to reality. Along with it, TV programs often also give wrong impression and labeled these risky behaviors such as drinking alcohol, smoking, doing drugs and premarital sex as “Cool / Fun”. A study from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) shows that youth expose to alcohol ads on TV had increased by 30% from 2001 to 2006.

Apart from that, television viewing may also cause addiction in children. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), children and teens 8 to 18 years spend nearly 4 hours a day in front of a TV screen. Addiction to television watching is a waste of time and this may lead to poor academic performance. Besides that, an anti-social behavior may also be constructed if the habit is serious. In addition, TV viewing in children is more likely to link to health problems such as obesity and high blood pressure. High blood pressure is caused due to the lack of movement and because most of the time people just lie on the couch. People who suffer from high blood pressure are more likely to be obesity. TV snacks are another additional factor because most TV snacks such as chips are salty and salt will increase the blood pressure readings. Furthermore, long hours of TV viewing are bad for children’s eyesight. Children’s eyesight can be affected by the factors such as the distance of the TV, the durations of watching and the light intensity.

In the conclusion, there are both positive and negative outcome for children to watch TV, however I believed that watching TV is good for children but with a limited time. Children shouldn't waste too much of time on watching TV, they should manage their time well, as the children stage is best period to learn something new. Furthermore, involvement in sports and co curricular activities can aid in the building of a healthy body and mind of a children. Likewise, parents should be a role model for their children and bring out good TV viewing habits like watching TV together and share their opinions and values about what they had seen. This can give an opportunity for children to learn what is good or bad.

I got an A for the Presentation : )

Last week, I watched :

1) G.I Joe

Actually I watched G.I Joe the week before, it is Purely an ACTION movie. Enjoyed the Visual Effect. Looking forward for the next episode.

2) Overheard

Overheard is indeed a very good movie, love the plot but the ending of the movie is simply too sad. Besides, I had learnt from the movie that lie is like a snowball. When we used others lies to cover it, it will start going down the slope, eventually it will become bigger & bigger and we need more lies to cover it. Sometimes even though the truth is hard to be tell, it's better not to tell lies so that anyone wont get hurt including ourself.

Yesterday was Malaysia 52nd National Day, me and Seumas went to Sinma Laksa House (a S'pore+M'sian Restaurant) to "celebrate" after our Chemistry Lab Night Session. I ordered a Nasi Lemak and it taste good + the price is reasonable, I defenitely will go back to try other foods.

Seumas TEH with his TEH tarik.

*LAME*, Seumas. He insisted me to say so =V=!

My Nasi Lemak!

I found some videos from 15Malaysia. 15Malaysia is a short film project which consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. All of the 15 videos are purely Buatan Malaysia XP & I enjoyed watching them.

1) Potong Saga

2) Chocolate

Yasmin Ahmad's last creation - Chocolate

3) Halal

I Love this very much, I just can't stop laughing when I'm watching this.

Btw, my mum is coming this Sunday *WooHOo*, looking forward to see her : )